CARICOOS Buoy VI2 (North of St. Thomas, USVI): Meteorological Data

Ocean observation data from (Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS)).

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-05-06

Metadata Tags

GCMD Keywords

CF Standard Names

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Distribution Formats
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Distributor CARICOOS-UVI
Point of Contact Neal Pettigrew
CARICOOS-UVI
nealp@maine.edu,ljm@umeoce.maine.edu,bfleming@umeoce.maine.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Neal Pettigrew
CARICOOS-UVI
nealp@maine.edu,ljm@umeoce.maine.edu,bfleming@umeoce.maine.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Dataset Point of Contact IOOS Data Manager
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
240-533-9444
data.ioos@noaa.gov
General Documentation
Associated Documentation UVI/EPSCOR
Date(s) creation: 2026-05-06
creation: 2026-05-06
creation: 2026-05-06
creation: 2026-05-06
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Time Period 2017-08-12T17:00:00Z to 2017-09-06T17:30:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 18.4761° S: 18.4761° E: -65.1568° W: -65.1568°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • air
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric
  • barometric
  • buoy
  • caribbean
  • caricoos
  • chemistry
  • chlorophyll
  • circulation
  • coastal
  • conductivity
  • created
  • currents
  • data
  • density
  • department
  • direction
  • gust
  • humidity
  • identifier
  • interval
  • level
  • maine
  • marine
  • met
  • modified
  • name
  • O2
  • observing
  • ocean
  • oceanography
  • oceans
  • offset
  • optics
  • oxygen
  • period
  • physical
  • pressure
  • quality
  • realtime
  • record
  • regular
  • relative
  • salinity
  • school
  • sciences
  • sea
  • seawater
  • sensor
  • significant
  • speed
  • station
  • surface
  • system
  • temperature
  • turbidity
  • university
  • vapor
  • vi2
  • water
  • wave
  • waves
  • wind
  • winds

GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Density
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature

CF Standard Name Table v29
  • time
  • longitude
  • latitude
  • depth
  • station_name
  • air_temperature
  • air_temperature data_quality
  • relative_humidity
  • relative_humidity data_quality
  • barometric_pressure
  • barometric_pressure data_quality
  • wind_speed_of_gust
  • wind_gust data_quality
  • wind_speed
  • wind_speed data_quality
  • wind_from_direction
  • wind_from_direction data_quality
  • offset_time
  • time
  • time
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • UVI/EPSCOR
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy
Platforms
Ingestion Attributes
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
infoUrl http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/doc/buoy_system_doc/buoy_system/book1.html
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v29